Donald Westlake Drowned Hopes Audiobook

Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 1999 18:00

Veinarmory-Blog - Book Reviews

Ya know, it is rare to find something that makes me laugh out loud. I mean, you can go to a live comedy show and the laughter is contagious, so even if the comic is half-assed you still find yourself laughing. A book is different. It’s solitary, and any out-loud chuckle is not an involuntary reaction to a chortling atmospheric condition. This audiobook, Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake and read by some guy named Michael Kramer is freakin’ hilarious. It’s another John Dortmunder novel, and it’s longer than usual, but there were several areas where I just laughed out loud with the damn earphones on. And that Kramer guy, holy crap! That is the way to do an audiobook. Absolutely perfect rendering that I rate as ‘comic genius’!